Hi Folks, To answer George Kelly's query about St. Joseph Catholic Church, Castleconnell, Father Minogue in 1999 told me that there was a fire that consumed the parish records prior to 1850. Therefore, I could not find the baptism record of my great-grandfather John Browne FREWEN who was born in 1841 nor that of his siblings born between his parents' marriage in 1838 in St. John's Cathedral, Limerick and 1850. This number could be as much as 5 or 6. The first entry in the parish records of Thomas and Margaret FREWEN's offsprings I could find was Patrick's baptism on St. Patrick's Day 1851. Pat's entry in 1851 is followed by: Elizabeth A. Frewen 27 July 1854 Margaret Frewen c.9 Sept. 1857 Stephen Frewen c.12 July 1860 Catherine L. Frewen 12 June 1864 Of these known children John was the first to emigrate in 1862. He ended up in Philadelphia where he was a stone polisher and a blacksmith. He was later joined by his brother Pat who partnered with him in the blacksmith venture. Elizabeth emigrated to New York City . More about her later. Catherine emigrated to Chicago where she married a Clare native and schoolmaster named (?) Mulbrandon. They had one son named Charles (b.1905). After an early widowhood she returned with her son back to the Coolreiry, Castleconnell dairy farm in the 1920ies. There is a story that Stephen was ordained a priest and joined a religious order whose motherhouse was to the south of Castleconnell, probably in Co. Cork. Elizabeth, known as "Aunt Lizzie" in the Philadelphia CARRs was my grandmother , Mary Aloysius (nee Frewen) CARR's aunt. She made it big when money was to be made (before income taxes). In the 1900s she owned a hairdressing business @ 529 Fifth Ave., cattycorner from the NYC Public Library's main location. She married a much younger dentist named (?) HUBBARD. I tried to look up his dentist license @ the Museum of Industry but failed to find it. She started a cosmetics business registered as HUBBARD'S GRECIAN CREAMS manufacturing cole cream... I am still looking for a jar of that. The HABBARDs purchased a mansion ??? (I haven't seen it ) on Summit Road, Port Washington, Nassau County , NY. In 1910 a Canadian named Florence Nightingale Graham started a partnership with Aunt Lizzie in the Fifth Ave., beauty salon. I believe the partnership was short lived with Florence hiring a sign painter to replace Aunt Lizzie's surname with the name ARDEN. Therefore our Aunt Lizzie is the Elizabeth in " ELIZABETH ARDEN " . Her final venture in life was the HUBBARD HOTEL CO. which owned and managed three hotels : The University Hotel (located in the 60s), a second of unknown name, and "The Wentworth", now known as the "Quality Inn Midtown" @ 59 W. 46th Street, NYC. Aunt Lizzie died 16 January 1923 and is buried in an unmarked grave with her brother, Pat, and sister-in-law, Mary, in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery , Glenside, (Phila.) PA. I would appreciate any help in locating Dr. Hubbard's professional license, the real estate records for the Summit Rd. residence, and their Catholic marriage records. Brian M. Carr Researching: Co Donegal: DORAN (Alt), BROWNE, McILCAR/CARR (Gortnagrace) > Philadelphia, PA Co Mayo: CLARKE, HANAHOE/HANNAHOE (Corroy) > Reading, PA Co Galway: BRADY, JENNINGS > Lynn, MA > Reading, PA Co Limerick: BROWNE (St. John, city), FREWEN (Castleconnell) > Philadelphia, PA Co Kerry: BREEN (Glencar) > Reading, PA Co Cork: HICKEY > Philadelphia, PA